Chart 25. Employment in mining, seasonally adjusted, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price, not seasonally adjusted, January 2011–December 2021
Date Employment (thousands) WTI crude oil price (dollars per barrel)

Jan 2011

686.5 91.02

Feb 2011

689.0 85.51

Mar 2011

703.2 103.74

Apr 2011

719.4 107.75

May 2011

729.9 99.87

Jun 2011

741.7 95.87

Jul 2011

752.2 96.72

Aug 2011

756.2 82.86

Sep 2011

765.5 88.93

Oct 2011

772.3 85.35

Nov 2011

775.1 96.97

Dec 2011

781.4 96.06

Jan 2012

789.1 100.43

Feb 2012

795.5 101.73

Mar 2012

799.0 106.15

Apr 2012

801.5 102.55

May 2012

803.7 96.98

Jun 2012

803.0 83.27

Jul 2012

800.2 85.78

Aug 2012

799.2 94.43

Sep 2012

794.4 97.56

Oct 2012

785.5 91.42

Nov 2012

792.1 85.87

Dec 2012

796.4 85.71

Jan 2013

800.4 93.38

Feb 2013

806.7 96.95

Mar 2013

808.0 92.70

Apr 2013

805.4 93.36

May 2013

810.0 94.65

Jun 2013

812.5 96.36

Jul 2013

811.6 104.70

Aug 2013

812.5 106.97

Sep 2013

816.0 108.36

Oct 2013

817.4 102.70

Nov 2013

815.3 93.94

Dec 2013

813.3 97.23

Jan 2014

817.7 92.98

Feb 2014

823.0 100.21

Mar 2014

826.9 99.55

Apr 2014

834.6 102.72

May 2014

835.9 101.92

Jun 2014

840.0 105.97

Jul 2014

845.7 103.25

Aug 2014

846.0 97.17

Sep 2014

851.0 92.43

Oct 2014

848.6 82.88

Nov 2014

847.0 76.50

Dec 2014

843.4 61.14

Jan 2015

834.6 47.07

Feb 2015

822.7 51.14

Mar 2015

806.1 47.69

Apr 2015

790.5 54.78

May 2015

767.7 60.01

Jun 2015

764.3 60.07

Jul 2015

752.7 51.68

Aug 2015

740.6 43.20

Sep 2015

727.0 45.16

Oct 2015

718.7 46.82

Nov 2015

704.2 42.70

Dec 2015

693.7 36.93

Jan 2016

679.8 30.59

Feb 2016

658.6 28.14

Mar 2016

638.5 37.69

Apr 2016

625.9 41.23

May 2016

614.7 45.44

Jun 2016

604.5 47.89

Jul 2016

600.3 45.60

Aug 2016

596.0 43.11

Sep 2016

594.2 44.34

Oct 2016

593.3 50.29

Nov 2016

597.2 44.61

Dec 2016

598.6 51.91

Jan 2017

598.7 52.07

Feb 2017

604.5 52.88

Mar 2017

609.2 50.50

Apr 2017

619.6 53.19

May 2017

624.7 47.04

Jun 2017

628.6 45.30

Jul 2017

631.1 45.51

Aug 2017

636.2 49.08

Sep 2017

637.9 49.07

Oct 2017

639.2 50.77

Nov 2017

643.4 55.81

Dec 2017

642.8 57.17

Jan 2018

647.3 63.26

Feb 2018

654.7 60.56

Mar 2018

661.7 61.28

Apr 2018

670.9 66.02

May 2018

675.5 70.56

Jun 2018

683.0 66.21

Jul 2018

681.9 71.96

Aug 2018

690.5 66.15

Sep 2018

691.3 68.96

Oct 2018

694.6 72.96

Nov 2018

688.8 56.92

Dec 2018

692.4 51.54

Jan 2019

693.3 50.78

Feb 2019

690.9 53.88

Mar 2019

688.4 57.81

Apr 2019

689.4 64.10

May 2019

689.5 62.10

Jun 2019

686.7 52.52

Jul 2019

681.7 59.02

Aug 2019

673.5 55.31

Sep 2019

670.9 56.16

Oct 2019

669.7 53.27

Nov 2019

657.3 56.92

Dec 2019

644.4 59.25

Jan 2020

636.2 58.29

Feb 2020

638.5 50.83

Mar 2020

625.8 32.39

Apr 2020

568.9 20.12

May 2020

548.8 26.40

Jun 2020

535.3 37.87

Jul 2020

524.7 40.57

Aug 2020

517.5 42.08

Sep 2020

514.8 37.38

Oct 2020

509.3 40.33

Nov 2020

507.4 40.66

Dec 2020

507.3 46.04

Jan 2021

498.4 52.75

Feb 2021

494.1 58.54

Mar 2021

503.7 65.02

Apr 2021

506.5 61.93

May 2021

514.5 65.07

Jun 2021

519.1 70.11

Jul 2021

522.6 73.19

Aug 2021

527.7 68.33

Sep 2021

530.2 71.69

Oct 2021

533.5 81.18

Nov 2021

536.9 81.93

Dec 2021

545.3 71.18

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.